Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk

Who won Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk?

Michel Pereira beat Michal Oleksiejczuk by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 299, on Saturday 9th March 2024 at Kaseya Center in Miami.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk stats

Michel Pereira stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Michal Oleksiejczuk made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Michel Pereira's 11th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Michel Pereira's UFC record stood at 9-2-0, while Michal Oleksiejczuk's came in at 7-5-0.

The stats suggested Oleksiejczuk had a massive power advantage over Pereira, boasting a 74% knock out percentage over Pereira's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pereira had an advantage over Oleksiejczuk, with a 24% submission rate over Oleksiejczuk's 5%.

Michel Pereira was the older man by 1 year, at 30 years old.

Pereira had a height advantage of 1 inch over Oleksiejczuk. Despite this, Oleksiejczuk had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Pereira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years earlier than Oleksiejczuk, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 53 more professional rounds, 97 to Oleksiejczuk's 44.

Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk form

Pereira had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Andre Petroski at UFC Fight Night – Yusuff vs Barboza on 14th October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Andre Fialho at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Before that, he was victorious against Niko Price at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Khaos Williams at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Michal Oleksiejczuk had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Chidi Njokuani at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie on 26th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had lost to Caio Borralho at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Cody Brundage at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland on 17th December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Sam Alvey at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Dustin Jacoby at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Michal Oleksiejczuk had been fighting more than Michel Pereira.

Going to this contest, Michel Pereira had last fought 6 months and 22 days ago, while Michal Oleksiejczuk's last outing had been 8 months and 10 days ago.

Pereira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Oleksiejczuk's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk?

Michel Pereira was a 67/100 (-150) favourite going into the contest, while Michal Oleksiejczuk made his way into the ring at 5/4 (+130) with oddsmakers.